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WINDOW SHUTTER- No. 558,159. Patented Apr. 14, 1896'.

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CHRISTIAN J. CHRISTIANSON, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

WINDOW-SHUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,159, dated April 14,1896.

Application filed October 9, 1895. Serial No. 565,197. (Nomoaem T aZZ whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN J. OHRIs- TIANSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WVindow-Shutters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to window-shutters and the object thereof is to provide a device of this class which may be used as an ordinary hinged shutter to be swung open sidewise when desired or as an awning, in which position the lower ends of the shutters are shoved outwardly and supported at the top, while the spaces between the sides of the window-frame and the shutters are filled in with blind-slats, which are also supported from the top and adapted to fill the said spaces.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanymg drawings form a part, in which Figure l is an inside view of my improved shutter; Fig. 2, a side view showing the shutters open, as when used as an'awning, and showing the blind-slats also in position; Fig. 3, a similar View showing the blind-slats in a different position from that. of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an outside perspective view showing the shutters in a position occupied by them when used as an awning, and Fig. 5 a perspective View of one of the hinges which I employ.

In the accompanying drawings, reference being made to Fig. 1, A represents a shutter of the usual construction, provided with the usual crosswise slats a,which are pivotally supported in the frames in the usual manner, and the slats a of each shutter-frame being pivotally connected by means of vertical rods ct.

The shutters A are connected with an or dinary window-frame composed of top and bottom pieces B and B, respectively, and side pieces I) and b, respectively, by means of compound hinges, so that they can be swung outward sidewise, as ordinary shutters, or so that the lower ends thereof can be shoved outward and the shutters used as an awning.

The form and construction of the top hinge hinge consists of a plate 0, which is secured to the outer surface of the frame, a plate 0, hinged thereto. at its outer end and adapted to fold adjacent to the outer surface of the side I) of the window-frame, an angular plate 0 secured to or formed on the plate Gand projecting outwardly, and an angular plate 0 hinged to the plate 0 by means of a hinged bolt, the plate 0 being above the plate 0 and secured to the shutter-frame, as clearly shown in said figure.

The form and construction of the hinge at the bottom of the shutters are shown in Fig. 5, and said hinge consists of a plate D, which is secured to the outer surface of the frame at the bottom thereof, a plate D, secured thereto or formed thereon, which projects outwardly, a plate D above and hinged to the of the shutters is shown in Fig. 4, and said plate D and adapted to fold inwardly adjacent to the inner side or surface of the side I) of the frame, and a plate D secured to or formed on the plate D and adapted to project inwardly when the shutters are closed, and the plate D is provided with a slot (:1, adapted to receive a ring-headed bolt (35, secured to the lower end of the shutter. The lower ends of the shutters are secured to the lower hinges by means of this ring-headed bolt d, and it will be understood that this connection is broken whenever it is desired to use the shutters as an awning, and all that is necessary in this case is to simply turn the ring-heads of the bolts so that they will pass through the slats d and to shove the lower ends of theshutters outwardly, as shown in Fig. 4:, and when it is desired to connect the shutters with the lower hinges they are drawn in and the ring-heads are passed through the slots d.

Secured to the shutter-frames and the adjoining edges thereof, and on the inner side, are rods E, which are detachable and removable when desired, and the object of these rods is to support the shutters in the position shown in Fig. 4., which is done by connecting one end of the rods E with a cross-plate F, secured to the shutters, and the other end with loops or hooks F, secured to the bottom of the window-frame.

'The cross-plate F may be hinged to one of the shutters or secured thereto in any desired IOO manner, and hooks or projections may be substituted whenever desired.

I also provide blind-slats G, which are adapted to close the space between the shutters and the window-frame when the shutters are used as awnings. These slats are wider at the lower than at the upper ends and are suspended from one arm of the angular plate g, one of said plates being secured to each shutter, at the top thereof, adjacent to the outer side, and the upper and narrow end of each of the slats G being connected therewith by means of links g. The lower ends of these blind-slats are provided at each side with loops or staples '9 and connected with these loops or staples g is a chain H,which is formed in the loop, and said chain is passedaround or through loops or rings 9 one of which is connected with or secured to each shutter and also with the side of the window-frame adjacent thereto. If desired, rollers 0r pulleys may be substituted for the loops or rings 9 and by manipulating the chain H, as will be readily understood, the blind-slats G may be so turned as to entirely close the space between the sides of the shutters, when used as an awning, and the windowframe, as shown in Fig. 2, or they may be so turned as to open said spaces, as shown in Fig. 3.

When the shutters are used as ordinary shutters, as shown in Fig. 1, I provide a loop or staple K, the cross-bar of which is pivotally connected with the outer blind-strap and the ends of which are detachably connected with the shutter, as shown at In, and the object of this arrangement is to hold the blind-slats together and prevent them from rattling.

As hereinbefore stated, when the shutters are in the position shown in Fig. l the plates D and D of the bottom hinges are folded together and adjacent to the inner side of the window-frame, while the plate D of said hinge projects inwardly, as shown in said Fig. 1, and in this position the shutters may be folded outwardly in the ordinary manner, as

and to shove the lower end thereof outwardly,

as shown in Fig. 2.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such changes therein and modifications thereof as fairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination with a window-frame, of shutters secured thereto, by means of compound hinges, whereby said shutters are adapted to swing outwardly, in the usual manner, said shutters being detachably connected with the lower hinges whereby the ends thereof, may be shoved outwardly, and said shutters employed as awnings, and blindslats adapted to close'the spaces between the sides of the shutters when used as awnings, and the frame, said blind-slats being wider at the lower ends than at the upper ends and being suspended from the top of the shutters, and the lower end thereof being connected by means of a chain or cord,which passes through or around loops or pulleys, connected with the ends of the shutters, and with the sides of the frame, by means of which said slats may be turned so as to close the space between the shutters and the frame, or so as to open said space, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 1st day of October, 1895.

CHRISTIAN J. CHRISTIANSON.

lVitnesses:

O. GERST, K. ENSLIE. 

